Figure of the week 

• 10-year-old chess player from Ukraine won the U10 World Cadet Rapid Chess Championship in Albania.

Ukraine - Türkiye 

• Ukrainian Gagauz Culture Day was held in Türkiye. 

• The first screening of the Oscar-winning documentary film ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ took place in Ankara.

Foreign Policy

• President Zelenskyy met with the NATO Secretary General J.Stoltenberg in Kyiv. 

• President Zelenskyy met with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK J.Hunt. 

• Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine participated in a special meeting of the EU’s General Affairs Council. 

• Statement of the MFA of Ukraine on the border delimitation between Azerbaijan and Armenia. 

• Ukraine together with Latvia increases production of drones. 

• Norway allocates over US$600 million to support Ukraine, mainly for air defense. 

• Canada allocates US$2.1 million for UAV production in Ukraine. 

• Australia is preparing a new aid package for Ukraine, with drones and man-portable air defense systems. 

• OSCE`s Report on violations and abuses of international humanitarian and human rights law, war crimes and crimes against humanity, related to the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Ukrainian civilians by the Russia. 

Home and Frontline

• Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to April 25, 2024, are: personnel – 469 840, tanks – 7 312, ACV – 14 067, artillery system – 12 024. 

• Russians launched missile attacks on Odesa: at least 4 people were killed, 28 people were injured, including two children aged 16 and 5, and one pregnant woman. 

• 5 underground schools will be built in the city of Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district. 

Grain from Ukraine 

• 14,600 MT of wheat flour from Ukraine has arrived in Sudan to support two million people dealing with severe hunger and food shortages.

Learn more about Ukraine 

The MFA of Ukraine has presented a digital persona that will officially comment for the media and provide timely updates on consular affairs. In the dynamic landscape of today's technology, Ukrainian innovators—from programmers to entrepreneurs—are making waves globally. They're pioneering AI training, revolutionizing job aggregation on a global scale, and even introducing personal gaming assistants. These visionary Ukrainians are not just changing the game they're reshaping entire industries. Let's take a closer look at some of the Ukrainian startups leading the charge.